Welcome to the second trailer post of the week.
You can find the first trailer post here.
I posted about the Tokyo Student Film Festival and the indie films at the Kanazawa Film Festival. I also posted a review of The Seppuku Pistols, a music documentary, and an interview with its director, Yo Umezaki, because the band are on tour in the UK.
In terms of films watched, I tried out Pearl (2023) and Maxxxine (2024) and found them both fine films – more pastiche of older films and with very little subtext. Solidly constructed with plenty of nasty kills.
What are the other films released this weekend?
Gekijouban Hontou ni atta kowai hanashi henna madori 
劇場版 ほんとうにあった怖い話 変な間取り 「Gekijouban Hontou ni atta kowai hanashi henna madori」
Release Date: August 09th, 2024
Duration: 82 mins.
Director: Ryo Teranishi
Writer: Ryo Teranishi (Screenplay),
Starring: Sakamoto, Minamikawa, Yukipoyo, Yumichi, Yura Ando,
Synopsis: An omnibus horror film where comedians, personalities and so forth, get a taste of the shocking truth behind a house with a strange floor plan. One story is set in 2002 and follows sisters Emi and Sae who record their exploration of an old guest house with a video camera and discover that there is a room not shown on the floor plan. A story set in 2023 sees a sad and lonely widower named Ryota name an AI after his deceased wife and start to talk to it. Another story, this one set in 2018, sees a group of ghost hunters get asked to investigate a house where there was a family suicide…
Shinjuku Inco 
新宿鸚哥 「Shinjuku Inko」
Release Date: August 10th, 2024
Duration: 93 mins.
Director: Tomoya Yanata
Writer: Tomoya Yanata (Screenplay),
Starring: Makisuke Okamura, Allie Kamikaze, Nanae Furukawa, Yoshihiro Sato, Kensuke Ashihara,
This was written and directed by Tomoya Yanata, whose photography and video works focus on Shinjuku. The film was shot on locations around Shinjuku, Golden Gai, Yotsuya, and Kabukicho. It features Allie Kamikaze, a nationally and internationally acclaimed pole dancer, who makes her film debut here.
Synopsis: Nora-neko (Stray Cat) was a successful photographer until a model suddenly died on one of his shoots. Frequenting his favourite bar in Shinjuku, he hears a rumour about a pole dancer named Inko, who quit dancing after an audience member died during a performance. Seeing similarities between their situations, Stray Cat seeks her out but…
The next two films are based on manga by CLAMP, a creative powerhouse in the late 90s and early 2000s. Think Magic Knight Rayearth, X, xxxHolic.
Cardcaptor Sakura: The Movie 
劇場版カードキャプターさくら 「Gekijouban Ka-do Kyaputa- Sakura」
Release Date: August 21st, 1999
Duration: 83 mins
Director: Morio Asaka
Writer: Nanase Ohkawa (Screenplay/Series Composition), CLAMP (Original Creator),
Starring: Sakura Tange (Sakura Kinomoto), Megumi Hayashibara (Madoushi), Aya Hisakawa (Kerberos), Junko Iwao (Tomoyo Daidouji), Megumi Ogata (Yukito Tsuishiro), Tomokazu Seki (Touya Kinomoto),
Animation Production: Madhouse
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This film and a short named CLOVER will be screened together to commemorate the 25th anniversary of their first theatrical release.
Synopsis: Sakura wins a trip to Hong Kong and travels there with her best friend Tomoyo, her older brother Touya, her crush Yukito, and Keroberos. It seems like a stroke of good fortune but as Sakura visits the local sites, strange occurrences happen that draw her to a phantom worldand a mysterious woman who wants revenge on Clow Reed, creator of the Clow Cards.
CLOVER 
Release Date: August 21st, 1999
Duration: 7 mins
Director: Kitaro Nosaka
Writer: Nanase Ohkawa (Screenplay/Series Composition), CLAMP (Original Creator),
Starring: Maaya Sakamoto (Suu), Kisho Taniyama (Lan), Sumie Ozawa (Kou),
Animation Production: Madhouse
Website Twitter: @VSTORAGE ANN MAL
Synopsis: A short animation about Suu, a powerful but lonely girl with a rare destiny, and Kazuhiko, whose fate is intertwined with hers as they set out on her first and last journey.